Printer Publishing and Browsing
Have setup GPO to disable Printer publishing and Printer Browsing, but printers are still showing up in the browse list. I have verified the gpo's have been applied. Open Explorer and bring...
View ArticleHow to Enable Loopback Processing in W2K8
How to Enable Loopback Processing in Windows Server 2008. I am unable to find following:In the Group Policy Microsoft Management Console (MMC), click Computer Configuration.Locate Administrative...
View ArticleHow to manage a 2008 R2 RDS Session Host with MUI via Group Policy
We need to setup a new 2008 R2 RDS Session Host so that it can support users from different countries using the MUI language packs.We have installed the required language packs onto the RDS Server but...
View ArticleDisable auto search for printer in Add Printer wizard
(I posted this in the Windows 7 forum. they told me to come here)Windows 7 32/64 bit.START -> Devices and Printers -> Add Printer -> Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth printerImmediately...
View ArticleI have tried the steps and still get an error
I have tried both steps and still get the error:Failed to apply policy and redirect folder "Documents" to "\\SVR\RedirectedFolders\cmaher\My Documents". Redirection options=0x80009231. The following...
View ArticleGPO not applied
Hello,I deployed a Policy from the Central Forefront Client Security Server to an OU "Test"In Active Directory I see this policy on the OU.I do not see any settings applied to the servers within this...
View Article2008R2 domain: Software Installation policy applies to Windows 7 but not to...
When trying to deploy new Java patch, Windows 7 machines would pick up the patch right away while Windows XP machines would just skip over it with following error.----Event Type: Error Event Source:...
View ArticleGPO to Allow Remote Drives for Specified RDS Users
I have a new RDS environment setup for a client (2008 R2). They desire to only have certain users have access to their local desktop/laptop drives while connected through RDS. From what I understand...
View ArticleComputer Configurations GPO not working
I have read most of the Already asked questions and still didn't get an answer.My user GPO's works 100% but none of my Computer GPO configurations seem to pull through toward the end users.
View ArticleGroup Policy Startup Script to Append Hosts File
I'm trying to add an entry to the Hosts file on my Windows clients. We don't have an internet URL for our DAC IP address so we have to fake one in the Host file.I found a simple script to append it,...
View ArticleRemoving a phantom GPO
First time poster, long time reader.I'm having this issue where after having removed some old GPOs via the Group Policy Editor my secondary active controller continues to try and refresh one of the...
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how to create command prompt shortcut on desktop for every user in a OU with GPO
hi i am bhaskar, i have a domain controller with 2008 32-bit enterprise edition and client OS is windows xp.i want to restrict them not to use UNC path so i removed Run command so it will automatically...
View ArticleLimit Access to one specific wireless network based on username
We have 6 laptops that teenagers use in a building that has multiple wireless networks. The teenagers use one of two different generic usernames to log onto the domain. The wireless network we want...
View ArticleDelete vpn connection via script or group policy
HiI have recently built a VPN profile using the CMAK. Previously we had been creating connections via the GUI on our Windows xp images. I would like to run a script that deletes all other VPN...
View ArticleRun only allowed windows application properties problem... windows 2003 SP2
Good Day everybody,i want to ask about any tool to update around 200 application name to the mentioned above police instead of adding them one by one.RegardsMohamed OmarB.R Mohamed Omar
View ArticleRecommended Settings student/faculty workstations
Hi, does anyone have any recommended settings to lockdown student/faculty workstations?
View ArticleUse Policy List of Internet Explorer 7 sites - Doesn't work on IE9
The User GPO "Use Policy List of Internet Explorer 7 sites" under User Configuration/Administrative Templates/Windows Components/Internet Explorer/Compatibility View does not work on IE9.I've scoped it...
View ArticleA Policy "Enforce Full Screen Mode" did not display correctly
A Policy "Enforce Full Screen Mode" did not display correctly, it always shown as "Not configured", even I change it to Enable or DisableAnd also if I copy a GPO with this policy enabled or disable, it...
View Article3 questions about lengthening 2008 R2 Group Policy minimum password length
Greetings,I want to lengthen our organizational policy (not the Default Domain Policy) from 10 to ultimately 16 characters. I'm making an intermediate stop at 14 to give users a chance to adjust. My...
View ArticleUSB and CD Rom disable from Group policy
Hello Team,In my Organisation I have disabled CD/DVD Rom & USB Flsh Drive by using group policy. Now when I remove the policy from server it is not applied to server PC. Still it's showing disabled...
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